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Defence company chiefs pocketed 138 times the average UK worker’s wage in 2024, with their average CEO annual pay increasing by £1.5 million in the last decade

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Deep@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://aoav.org.uk/2026/defence-company-chiefs-pocketed-138-times-the-average-uk-workers-wage-in-2024-with-their-average-ceo-annual-pay-increasing-by-1-5-million-in-the-last-decade/

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  • als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I still find it mad that we call them “defence companies” and not “arms dealers” or “death mongers”

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  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Keep this in mind when politicians keep harping on about the urgent need to increase defence spending at the expense of other more vital areas.

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